Anthropic Files to Sell Shares Publicly for Up to $100 Billion
The San Francisco AI maker’s prospectus reveals an $80.7 billion loss in the first half of 2026 as it prepares for a Nasdaq listing next month.
By Chioma Brooks ·
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic submitted documents to U.S. regulators on Monday for an initial public offering that may become the largest in history. The filing positions the San Francisco firm to list shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol ANT.
The prospectus indicates the company could raise as much as $100 billion. This figure would exceed the $86 billion raised by SpaceX during its own stock sale in June. Analysts note that a successful offering of this scale would place Anthropic ahead of its rival OpenAI in the sequence of public market debuts for major AI labs.
The filing reveals that Anthropic generated substantial revenue growth but has not yet achieved profitability. In the first half of 2026, the company recorded a net loss of $80.7 billion. That figure compares to a $13 billion loss in the same period last year. The documents show the cost of developing its chatbot, Claude, remains high despite rising sales.
Co-founders Dario Amodei and Daniela Amodei stand to see their personal wealth increase by billions of dollars if the valuation estimates hold. Private investors valued Anthropic at $965 billion earlier this year. Reports suggest the IPO could lift that figure to $1.5 trillion or potentially $2 trillion. At a $1.5 trillion valuation, Anthropic would rank among the most valuable public companies globally, sitting alongside Tesla.
CEO Dario Amodei wrote an essay a few weeks before the filing. In that essay, he argued for a slower pace in developing the most advanced AI models. He warned that advanced systems could pose an existential threat to humanity. The timing of the capital raise follows these cautionary remarks from the company’s leadership.
The five-year-old startup aims to use the proceeds to accelerate its expansion. The final offering price and valuation have not yet been determined. The company plans to debut on Wall Street next month, following the regulatory review of its 335-page filing.
Source: CBC News
